Was Miles Davis Bipolar?
Jazz great Miles Davis just may have been bipolar, according to Don Cheadle, who plays the triumphant trumpeter in a new biopic he directed titled Miles Ahead, in theaters now.
Mood Music: Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz and João Gilberto are the debonair and dynamic duo of bossa nova. I can think of no album that inspires more tranquility than Getz/Gilberto, the 1965 Grammy winner for Best Album of the Year.
Famous Alcoholics: Billie Holiday
She is truly one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, if not the greatest. And she was also a hardcore alcoholic and addict. Her drink of choice was a Top and Bottom — half gin, half port wine.
